Improvement in scuttles or hatchways for stables



UNITEE STATES PATENT QEETQE.

NATHAN SMALLEY, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN SCUTTLES OR HATCHWAVS FOR STABLES.

l Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 194.7911, dated September 4, 1877; application filed December 2, 1.876.

To Aall whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHAN SMALLEY, of Providence, in the State ofRhode Island, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Scuttles;' and I do hereby declare that the following specification, taken' in connection with the drawing, making a part of the same, is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

Figure l is a top view of the scuttle. Fig. 2 isa side view. Fig. 3 is a view ot' the bot'- tom.

My invention is more especially designed'to secure a barn or stable scuttle'in such a manner that it cannot be accidentally removed by the feet of the horses or other animals passing over it; and consists in the improvements hereinafter described.

The scuttle, in order to be convenient for the purposes for which it is used, is usually located in the rear of the stall, or in such close proximity thereto that the horse cannot be removed without passing over it; and it not unfrequently happens that the horse, stepping upon one corner, or catching his calks in the crack around it, displaces it, and steps through the floor, the result of which it is not necessary to refer to.

In my invention, A is the scuttle, which bears at each end upon the sleepers in the usual Way. B is a pin extending through the scuttle near the center, and having at its upper end a ring, C, and at its lower end a pinion, D. Upon the under side of the scuttle,

and sliding in suitable guides E F G, are two bars or bolts, H I, the extent of their movement in either direction being defined by the shoulders J K.

The bolts are provided with racksL M upon the inside, into which works the pinion D.

Having now described the several parts of my invention, I will proceed to describe its operation: The scuttle being put in place, l take hold of the ring C and turn it to the right, which rotates the pinion D and throws the bars H I outward, as shown in Fig. The ends of the bars H I, so extended, pass under the oor upon either side, and hold the scuttle firmly in place.

When it is desired to remove the scuttle the pinion D is rotated in the opposite direction in like manner, which withdraws the bars H I and allows it to come up.

The top of the scuttle may be cut out, so as to bring the upper end of the pin B' and the ring C upon a level with the floor.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isy In combination with a scuttle, A, the rotat-able ring-bolt B,havng pinion D, and slidebolts H I, having ratchets L M and shoulders J K, all operating substantially as and for the purpose specified. i

NATHAN SMALLEY. Witnesses:

HENRY C. KNIGHT, WALTER B. VINCENT. 

